{"id":1391,"date":"2019-07-31T08:22:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T14:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2019-07-31T14:41:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T20:41:34","slug":"high-school-juniors-are-now-eligible-for-tuition-waivers-at-ssc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/high-school-juniors-are-now-eligible-for-tuition-waivers-at-ssc\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Juniors Are Now Eligible for Tuition Waivers at SSC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This fall, high school juniors will have the opportunity to\nearn college credit through tuition-free enrollment in concurrent courses at\nSeminole State College.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Qualified students will be able to earn nine credit hours over the course of the fall 2019 and spring 2020 semesters. The concurrent program is already available to high school seniors. Students are only responsible for paying course fees and books. <!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/untitled-3-2-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/untitled-3-2-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/untitled-3-2-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/untitled-3-2-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/untitled-3-2-50x34.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/untitled-3-2-788x541.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/untitled-3-2-500x343.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/untitled-3-2-1000x687.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/untitled-3-2-800x549.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/untitled-3-2-1320x906.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>Seminole High School junior Brenna Canfield meets with a Seminole State College advisor to discuss tuition-free concurrent class options for the fall semester. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SSC President Lana Reynolds said the College is excited to\nbe able to extend this offer to juniors due to Legislative funding and support\nfrom the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.&nbsp; \u201cAt one time, SSC was able to provide this\ngreat program to high school juniors, but due to decreased funding in past\nyears, the tuition waivers were eliminated.&nbsp;\nWe appreciate our elected officials at the Capital stepping forward to\nfund concurrent enrollment for both seniors and juniors.&nbsp; Through this program, Oklahoma high school\nstudents get a head-start on their college careers which saves them valuable\ntime and money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe encourage area high schools and parents to reach out to\nSeminole State College to get students enrolled as quickly as possible,\u201d\nReynolds said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To apply for\nconcurrent classes at SSC, interested students must complete an application for\nadmission and submit an SSC concurrent enrollment form as well as an official\nhigh school transcript and ACT or SAT scores. High school students must have\nscored a minimum composite of 19 on the ACT or a 900 on the SAT or have a high\nschool GPA of a 3.0 or above. Other requirements include eligibility for high\nschool graduation, a combined high school and college course load of no more\nthan 19 hours and signed approval by the high school principal and counselor,\nas well as parental consent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All concurrent\nforms are available on the College website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sscok.edu\">www.sscok.edu<\/a>\nor they may be obtained from the SSC Admissions Office on campus, located in the Walkingstick\nStudent Services Center, just off of Highway 9 on the SSC campus.&nbsp; \n\nFor\nmore information about concurrent enrollment at SSC, you can contact Admissions\nby phone at 405-382-9230 or by email at <a href=\"mailto:admissions@sscok.edu\">admissions@sscok.edu<\/a>.\nSSC begins its fall semester on Aug. 12. \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This fall, high school juniors will have the opportunity to earn college credit through tuition-free enrollment in concurrent courses at Seminole State College. Qualified students will be able to earn nine credit hours over the course of the fall 2019 and spring 2020 semesters. The concurrent program is already available to high school seniors. Students &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/high-school-juniors-are-now-eligible-for-tuition-waivers-at-ssc\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">High School Juniors Are Now Eligible for Tuition Waivers at SSC<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-1391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-academics","tag-july-2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1391"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1397,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391\/revisions\/1397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}